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FIG-l Witnesses Inventor @uiten tutte gstwt @time SAMUEL W. TYLER, UF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, THOMAS M. CLEEMAN,

GEORGE l. PRESCO'IT, WILLIAM DEYERMAND, EDWARD H. JONES, AND HENRY HOLMES.

Letters .Patent No. 52,090, dated February 12, 1867.

Iii/[PROY"EMENTV IN MACHINE FOR PULLING FLAX.

@he .sentirla referrer a in tlpsr letiirs ntcut :un Hurting ont at tige simi.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, SAMUEL W. TYLER, ofthe city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, und Stute of New York, have invented a, new und. usefulM-rrchine for Pulling Fluxund such other crops :rs require similar harvesting; und I do hereby declare 'that the following is a. full and exact description of the some, reference being had to the accompun vin'g drawings, making u port of' this specification, in which- Figures l und 5 are plan views of my invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the actuating side ot'- the sume.

Figures 4 and 7 are elevations representing the crop or land-side of the saine.

Figures 3 und 6 are teur elevations of the sonne.v

Figure 8 is u sectional plan view of the sume, showing an automatic raking delivery.

Figure 9l is s side elevation of iig. 8.

Figure 10 is a crosslsection of the pulley S.

Figure 11 is o. crossfsection of the belts Z and Z placed together.

Figure 1 2 is e plenvvicw of the belts end'pulleys, showing method of obtainingequal pressure jupon the l`1lS- Similar letters refer to like parts of the machine.

The object of this invention is yto obtain a. machine which, 'as itvis drown Vclung, will pull up the crop by the roots und deposit it systematically and in n, manner that it may be convenientlybound into` grr-veis. And t0 this ond thc invention consists in the use of o series of endless belts or bands so' arranged upon pulleys us to work in conjunction by pairs, each belt of each peil' working in the sume plone :is its fellow-undV in such further mii-nner as tosecure to the crop, Without injury, a. continuous and uniform movement from the point of its first through thc-looped stanchion Q, und is held in paul; J, which is placed :1t will eitherin or out contact with the belts to the point of its delivery from the sume. The invention also consists in securing to the belts n. lifting force, by arranging them in :t manner to traverse an inclined plane, und by which force thc crop is lifted out of thc ground, the whole substantially as hereinafter more fully shown und described.

To enable those skilled in the nrt to'fully understand and construct niyinvcntion, I will proceed to describe it.

A, D, C, D, H, und Gr constitute the frame of the machine.v The side pieces C C, the cross-pieces D und H, the pendent pieces A, und 4the transverse beam Gr, are framed und firmly fastened together, forming a. rectangular frame with the transverse beam G, extending laterally to any desired width of swath. .The longitudinal pieces er arms B, und the stzrnchicns'l, are plziced together :it proper intervals upon und firmly fastened to the transverse beam G, and form supports for the studs B, shafts U, und boards Y; the Whole so urrzinged as to form un open space through lwhich the crop muy pass unimpeded to the platform. The actuating side of thc rrmchine is supported by the wheel W', while its opposite side is supported upon the Wheel A', which is placed in such u position as to travel within the path oi'l the machine und not to interfere with the crop :ts it passes between thc-belts Z und Z to the platform D. The drivers seat F is placed upon the spring d, which is attached to the tongue E, which is also attached flexibly t'o theframe of the machine, and extends within and :my desired position by the hand-pin f; the whole'so evenly falls upon the necks ofthe team Whileworliing the saure. The Z2, in such n, manner that while it cannot full below its proper vcnient transportation und Storage, and while at Work it und properly balanced that no important Weight platform D is attached to the machine by hinges, levcl,-it muy be folded -up against the machine for con will so yield as to prevent any liubility of its being str ground in consequence of the wheels WV und A being brought into u 'positionlowcr than the ground immediately under thcplutform. The pinion O is placed upon the transverse shaft p, and intersects with the gear L. Upon the opposite end of thc shaft 2; is placed the gear-wheel H', which intersects with the geur-wheel I', which is placed upon the first of the inclined shafts U. Upon the lower ends of the inclined shafts U are placed gearwli'eels M, intersecting one with another in such o manner as to communicate motion of like speed to each of the said-shafts. Upon thc gear-wheel L is a. ru

of gem' with thc ratchet K, by means of thccombined spring e f the driving-wheel W, As the machine advances when at work,

und lever l, which is also pivoted to un arm o K, by which motion is communicated from the drivingthe pawl J is allowed to full into geur with the ratchet :Lined or broken hy being brought hinto Contact with the tchet, K,fand upon an urm of the driving-wheel W is pivoted =L` wheel W to the gear-wheel L, and from which motion is communicated to the shaft U, through the medium' of the pinion O, the shaft P, the geur-wheels II' and I', and the series of gear-wheels Mg. the motion of each of the shafts U being opposite to that of the one next preceding or next following it in the series, -and as indicated by the arrows. The cxtueme front ends of the arms B are chamfered so as to forni 'i series of inclined planes at right angles to the shafts U, and are slotted for the insertion and adjustment of the studs B". Upon each of the studs B" placed loosely a pulley, R, fonming a series of the same, and a corresponding seriesof.

pulleys, S, are placed firmly upon the shafts U, at au elevation in line with the pulley Il.. In fig. 'l' is shown an attachment of metal D" upon the arms B, a-ud has an extension which forms-tho guard N. This attachment is formed in a manner to correspond with thc inclined plane, as describeda/bove, and isslot-ted for the reception of the studs B", as also described. The boards Y are firmly attached, at their upper ends, upon a projection of the stanchion T, and at their lower ends' upon the ledges. of the arms B, and form stitl'ening braces to the arms l?, guides to the belts Z and Z', and supports for the intermediate pulleys it. The intermediate pulleys u are placed lloosely upon studs, which are inserted through the boards Y, and made adjustablein transverse slots, Y', as shown in fig. 1 of the drawings. The belts Z and Z' are placed arou'ndV the pulleys S and R, as seen in fig. -1, `and are actuated each, respectively, in directions corresponding with the motions of the pulleys Sand shafts U, as hereinbefore described. The guards N are firmly fastened to the arms B, and are used to separate and guide the crop properly towards thc points where it isgrasped between the belts. The fingers z'are inserted in the pulleys R, and by the action of the pulleys are used to comb or incline the crop within the grasp ofth'e belts. The rate of motion given to the belts Z and Z' in their path around the pulleys is made to correspond v with the motion of the machine as it advances over the ground; that is to say, the grasping sides of the belts' are made to traverse bacltvardly at the same rate of speed at which the machine is advanced` so that the point in the belts at which the crop is grasped, in relation to the ground, stands still, as by the following will more fully appear. The required amount ofpressure of the belts upon the crop, while the same is beingy lifted out of the ground, is obtained by `means of the' adjustable pulleys u, and as the machine advances the rear pulleys S exert a continual lifting force upon the grasping sides of the belts, raising them, together with the crop, gradually from the ground, until the pulleys S have advanced to the point at which the cropis grasped,'when the crop is discharged from between the belts, a'nd deposited by falling backward regularly' upon the platform D', or'

is carried off at the side of the platform by either of the automatic raking devices, as shown in figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. In figs. 1 and 4: is shown a separating device, j, which is used for separating the swath from the standing crop. The picceyis pivoted to the guard N at c, and is made to vibrate by the action of the pulley R in' f v such manner as shall shake apart the clinging tops of the crop. In figsf5 and l are shown separating swords,.

x, which are rigidly attached to the guards N, and are used to separate the tops of the crop and assist in guiding the same properly between the belts. lThe guards or shields J' and J" are used to prevent the crop from being drawn between the belts Z and Z' on their return from the pulleys S to the pulleysR, substantially as shown in figs. l and 8. The gear-wheels H', I', K", and G" are protected from becoming entangled by the crop by the use of the sheet-iron hood or shield P", substantially as shown in figs. 8 and 9. The covering boards A" are lused to prevent the crop from becoming improperly entangled around the pulleys and among the belts, substan- `tially as shown in figs. 5, 6, and 7. The device usod'for the automatic delivery of the crop at the side of the platform of the machine, as shown in figs. 5, 6, and 7,'consists in the combination of the endless belt or apron V', the guides 1', the pulleys t and E", the pulley w, and the band w'. The apron V' is placed around the pulloys t and E", and motion is communicated to it from the shaft p through the' 'medium of the pulley ze, thc band w', and the pulleys t and E" in such a manner that the upper portion of the apron is made to traverse a plane in line from E" to t. The guides r are fastened rigidly to the stauchions T. As the crop passes from the grasp of the beltslZ 'and Z', and upon the apron V'J it is supported in an upright position by the guides 9', and is carried along at the bottom by the action of the apron V',while the tops are forced along by that portion of the crop which follows from the belts Z and Z', to the side of the platform, where it is deposited by falling regularly in a 'swath upon the ground at right angles to the path of the machine, or by the aid of proper devices may be deposited in gavels. In figs. 8 and 9 is also shown an automatic raking or delivering device, the purpose of which is to deposit the crop in manner similar to that above described, and may be used in combination with that shown in figs. 5, G, and 7, and consists in the combination of the upright shafts Q" placed in line and at.either side of the platform, and held in position by the framework N", the endless bands and ngers 0"., the

i pulleys L", the brackets or guides M," the gears G" and K", the shaft I-I", the bracket I', the band I", and

the pulleys R" and S"; motion is communicatedfromthc sbaftp tothe endless band and fingers O", through the medium of the gears G" and K", the shaft H", and the pulleysS" and It", the band I" and the shaft Q." As the crop passes from the grasp of the belts Z and Z', it is supported in an upright position by the guiding brackets M", while it is carried along to the side'ot` the platform by the fingers O", and is deposited-as hereinbcforc described. The pulleys S, as shown in figs. 9 and 10, are each surrounded by a friction-band,v F" for the purpose of securing, when at work, a more tenacious adhesion of the belts to the pulleys. 'lhe gearwheels M are protected from dirt or entanglement with weeds, grass, or other extraneous matter 'by'the sheet-iron 'coverings c and c', as shown in figs. 2, 3, and 4. The belts Z and Z'lare formed with irregular surfaces upon their face sides, and are made to work by pairs, a portion of the face surface of the belt Z lbeing made convex, and a corresponding portion of the beltl Z' ismnde concave or grooved, both as shown together in fig. 1I of the drawings. This form is given to the belts for the purpose of so bending ,the stems or stalks of the crop as to secure to the belts tenacious adhesion to it with less pressure upon them by the pulleys u than would be required were their face surfaces made plain and flat, thereby avoiding much friction that wbuld bc produced by such pressure. The pulley u represented in fig. 2 is set upon a spring, X, for the purpose of securing to thc pulleys an automatic or self-adjusting pressure upon the belts. In fig. 1 is shown an open space between the grasping sides of the belts at the points X', the-purpose of which is to secure free admission of the crop between the belts. The belts are constructed with a. foundation of webbing, a', which is comparatively no1i elastic, to which is attached the India-rubber cushions Z and Z, substantially as shown in iig. 11 ot' the drawings. The whole, as fully shown, is so arranged and constructed as to form independent sections, whereby the machine may be varied to any desired width of swath without changing its plan of construction. In figs. 5 and? of the drawings the guards N are represented as being constructed and attached in' manner to allow the crop to approach the'belts at a point upon the opposite side of the line of' the axis of the pulleys R, to that at which it is received` between the'belts, and the same is inclined or carriel around from the point of its approach to the point at which it is admitted between the belts by the revolving fingers i; the object of which is to allow the'machine to enter into the standing crop, frelyo'r without materially disturbing the same by inclining or crowding it over before the belts have advanced sutlicientlyifar to grasp the same.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim -as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, are- 1. I claim, for pulling flax and such other crops as require similar harvesting, the use of a series of two or more belts or bands, made flexible so as to ply around pulleysor cylinders, and properly arranged to wbrk inconjunction by pairs, so as to eradicate or pull the crop from the earth. And this I claim irrespectivelyof any pulling or eradicating movement that may be given tothe belts, or of any particular form or kind of material employed in the construction of the same, substantially as set forth.

2. I claim constructing the belts with irregular or corrugated surfaces upon their outervor grasping. sides, for the purposes set forth and sul'istantinlly as described.

3. claim construct-ing pullers with webbing, or other comparatively non-elastic foundation, cushioned with India. rubber or other soft material, substantially as described.

4.I claim arranging the belts upon the machine in the position of an inclined plane, and in such a Amanner that theirgrasping sides'shall traverse upward and backward at the same time, for the purposes set forth and substantiallyas described. I

5. I clair. so imparting motion to the pullers that each section of each pair thereof shall move in afdirection around its axis or axes opposite to that .of its fellow, and so that the conjunctive sides of the two shall move together in one; direction, in combination with impingng elastic surfaces, substantially as described.

6. I claim so'a-rrunging the belts as to leave an open space between their lgrasping sides at the points X', substantially as set forth and described.

7. I claim giving to the belts Z and Z', when used in pairs, a motion so corresponding to that of the drivingwheel, that their grasping sides shall traverse backwards at the same ra-tc of .speed Vas that at which the machine is advanced, for the p urposes set forth and substantially as described.

8. I claim the intermediate pulleys u, or their equivalent, for the purposes as set forth.

9.' I claim the revolving ngcrs z'. or their equivalent` in combination withthe travelling elastic paliers, for the purposes set forth.

it). I- clairn the brace boards Y, or their equivalent, for the purposes set forth and substantially as described.

l1. I claim so constructing that portion of the frame upon which the pullers are situated, as to form an op@ space through which the crop may4 pass unimpeded to the platform, substantially as described.

12. lclaim attaching the'intermediate pulleys u in such Vainanner that they` may be so adjusted as to produce 'any desired degree of pressure upon the crop between the belts, substantially as described.

13. I claim anV automatic raking cr delivering device, when arranged in n. manner to support the crop in an upright position While it is being' conveyed along from the pullers or cutters to the point at which it is delivered from the rake, substantially as described. p i

.14. I claim, in combination with the pnllers, a vibrating separator; for separating the swath from the standing portion of the crop, substantially as described.

15. I` claim the separating swords or blades X, forthe purposes set forth and substantially as described.

16. I claim so attaching the pullers to the mach-ine in connection with springs as to secure to them an automatic or self-adjusting pressure upon the crop, substantially as described.

17. I claim the adjustability of the tongue E, in combination with the travelling elastic pullers, substantially as described.

18. I claim so constructing and attaching the dctlecting guards N as to allow the crop to approach the pullcrs at a point upon the opposite side of the line of their axes, for the purposes set forth und Vsubstantially as described. A

SAMUEL W. TYLER.

Witnesses:

R. T. CAMPBELL, Enw. Sonnen. 

